Drunken boater makes smashing entrance into marina, lands in jail

5:16 PM,
Jul. 9, 2013

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A smashing entrance into a local marina led to the arrest of a boater after Macomb County Sheriff's deputies said they found an empty fifth of Fireball whiskey on the dashboard.

Deputies said the 31-year-old boater from Fair Haven was given a preliminary breath test, which showed a blood alcohol level of .36 percent, more than four times the legal limit to be considered drunk.

Witnesses saw the man struggling to control his 17-foot Bayliner Sunday as he tried to enter a canal at the MacRay Harbor Marina in Harrison ...